Map of KW14 8YD postcode

General information

Postcode	KW14 8YD
Post Town	Thurso
Nearest station	Thurso (11 km)
Bus stops	No nearby bus stops
Roads in this postcode	A836 B855
Number of UPRNs	136 View
Businesses	BLARGOANS LIMITED CLARKE REFRIGERATION & ELECTRICAL LTD D M GRAY LIMITED GARY ELDER FENCING LTD KIRREN & COMPANY LTD MILLR LIMITED NOVOGENSYS LIMITED TRUE COMPASS LIMITED

Geography

	Latitude	58.626177
	Longitude	-3.354003
	Easting	321469
	Northing	971712
	Grid reference	ND214717
	UTM reference	30V 479441 6498482
	what3words	stopwatch.upholds.rocker
	FixPhrase	curled lung shorts tricycle
	Plus code	9CCRJJGW+F9
	Altitude	38 metres (126 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	8:51
	Sunset (today)	15:57
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	0.6 KMs (0.4 miles)

Administrative areas

Ward	Thurso and Northwest Caithness	S13002991
Council Area	Highland	S12000017
Constituency (2024)	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross	S14000069
MP	Jamie Stone	Liberal Democrat
Police force	Scotland
NUTS/ITL 3	Highlands and Islands
NUTS/ITL 2	Highlands and Islands
NUTS/ITL 1	Scotland
Country	Scotland	S92000003

Data

Date introduced	January 1980
Last updated	December 2025
User type	Small (addresses receive less than 25 items of mail per day)
Quality	Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean

Demographics

Population (2011)	155
Households (2011)	65
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2017-2020)	4,060 / 6,976 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urban (2021)	Remote Rural
Rural/urban (2011)	Very remote rural area
Census output area (2021)	S00162040
Census output area (2011)	S00117727
Lower layer super output area (2021)	Caithness North East - 05	S01017967
Lower layer super output area (2011)	Caithness North East - 05	S01010791
Middle layer super output area (2021)	Caithness North East	S02003332
Middle layer super output area (2011)	Caithness North East	S02002029
Travel to work area	Thurso	S22000080

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